Vanity case



Aug. 19, 1924. 1,505,698 o. J. cmi-:CART

VANITY CASE Filed Oct. 2, 1922 @mg ,IS/@CMM Patented Aug. 19, i924.

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Application led October 2, i922'. SeraiNo. 591,712.k

To aZZ whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, OswALD J. CATHGART, a citizen of the United States,residing at town ot Newburgh, in the county ot Orange and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vanity Cases;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in theart to which, it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists in the novel `features hereinafter described,referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates threeforms in which I have contemplated embodying` my invention, and the saidinvention is fully disclosed in the iollowing description and claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a vanity case of small andcompact form, suitable to be carried in a ladys hand bag, in which aquantity of powder and a smaller quantity of rouge, with appropriatepuiis tor the application thereof, in conjunction with a hand mirror,are so arranged that by simply opening the case, both the powder androuge and their appropriate putiswill be accessible in conjunction withthe mirror, without inverting the case.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates three formsselected by me for the purpose of illustrating my invention,

Fig. l is a perspective view ot one .formA of vanity case embodying myinvention, showing the case open and the powder pul detached, forgreater clearness.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the vanity case shown in Fig. l, in closedposition.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a moditied torni of my improved vanitycase in open position.

Fig. llis a sectional view of the case shown in Fig. 3, in closedposition.

Fig. 5 is al sectional view of anothermodilied form of the invention. y

Referring to the torni oi my invention illustrated in Figs. l and 2, l`represents the main body member, and 2, represents the main covermember, the said main members being preferably hinged together so thatthey may be opened or separated in the manner illustrated in Fig. l.Within the cover member is located a mirror, indicated at 3, and held inplace by a retaining ring, 4, in the usual manner.

.the drawing, Vithin the rouge compartment is a small krouge pull,indicated at 8, of substantially the same diameter as the rouge compart-TWithin one of the main members, and preferably, the main body member,1,'` is a rouge compartment, indicated at 5 of smaller diameter than themain body'member, and havingits lopening within the space between thetwo main members so as to be accessible whenthe case is open. Within themain body member, 1, is the powder compartment, which in the form shownin Figs. l and' 2 Vsubstantially surroundsthe rouge compartment, and isilled with pow PFFicE.

der, indicated at 6, which may be either'in y the compact or pulverulentform. yThe rouge compartment is providedV with *a* smallerquantity ofrouge, indicated at 7,

which may alsobe either in the compact or pulverulent form. Both thepowder and rouge are yshown 1in the compact torni in but this is notessential.

nient, and within the main members oi the case is a powder putt,indicated at 9, which in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, extends t overthe vtop of the rouge compartment, and

is of substantially the saine diameter,` as the main body member 1. Insome instances I prefer to provide the rouge compartment with anindependent cover indicatedat 10, y

.in Figs. l and 2, withinv the body members for the purpose ofpreventing!y they rouge from becoming accidentally mixed with rthepowder.rk The interior cover, 10, may rin some cases bedispensed with,although I prefer to employ it.

In using the vanity case itr will readily be seen that upon opening itin' the position indicated in Fig. l, access may be'had to the ypowderputt, 9, and powder, 6, and by removing the vpowder puiii, access may beindependently had to the small rouge pull, 8, and rouge, i', while themain cover member,

- 2, is maintained in vertical position with the mirror, 3, in properposition to iacilit-ate the application .of either rouge or powder, orboth, without inverting the case.

In Figs. 3 and i I have shown a modifi i cation in which la, representsthemain body member, and, 24, the main cover member,

kcarrying the mirror, 3a, held in place by the retaining ring, ta. Inthis case the rouge compartment, indicated at 5a, is locatedconcentrically with respect to the mam body member, la, forming anannular space sur` rounding the rouge compartment, in which ,ing thecase. It is to be noted` that it is the powder, 6a, is located. rlhepowder may vbe formed as an annular compact, or may be in pulverulentform. The rouge compartment is provided with rouge, indicated at 7a,which may be either in the compact or pulverulent form. The rougecompartment is provided with the pu, indicated at 8a, and in thisinstance the powder puff, indicated at 9a, is of annular form andsurrounds the rouge compartment, ordinarily Vfitting between the rougecompartment and In use this form of the device is utilized in the samemanner as hereinbefore described, and it will be observed that theoperator can use either rouge or powder in conjunction with the mirrorwithout invertwithin the scope of my invention to locate the rougecompartinent in the main cover member instead of in the main bodymember, in which case themirror wouldbe cut away to substantiallysurround the rouge compartment and this form of my invention isillustrated in Fig. 5. In this figure the main body member is indicatedat, l, the main cover member at, 2b, the mirror at, 3l), held in placeby the retaining ring, 4b. The rouge compartment, 5b', isv located inthe cover member Aand preferably eccentric thereto, so as to afford aswide a mirror space as possible, and is provided with the rouge cake,7b, and puff, 8b. In this instance the entire lower portion of the mainbody member, lb, serves as the powder compartment and contains thepowder, 6b, either in compact or pulveii-ulent form, together with apowder puff, 9b, which may be of substantially the same diameter as themain body member, 1b. rIhe rouge compartment is also provided with aninteriorcover, 10b, as indicated inthe other sectional views.

The specific forms of my invention illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and 5, arenot specifically claimed hereiny as they are specifically claimed inanother application filed by me on Jan. 26th, 1923, Serial No. 614,973,which is a division of this application.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let` ters Patent is 1. A vanitycase comprising a main body member and a main cover member therefor, arouge compartment of smaller diameter than said main members, locatedwithin the said main members, and having its mouth within thespacebetween said main members, one of said main members being provided witha powder compartment within the same but exterior to the rougecompartment, a pu in said rouge compartment, a separate cover for therouge compartment of smaller diameter than the main cover member,located` in the space between the main members, a pui? for the powdercompartment of larger area than the rouge puff, located in the spacebetween the main members, and a mirror carried by the main cover memberwithin the same.

2. A vanity case comprising a main body member and a main cover membertherefor, a rouge compartment of smaller diameter than the main members,located substantially centrally within the main body member and havingits mouth within the space between said main members, and forming anannular powder compartment surrounding the rouge compartment, a rougepuE in said rouge compartment, and an annular powder puffl in the powdercompartment within the main body member, whereby access may be had tothe rouge compartment. through the central aperture of the powder puff.

3. A. vanity case comprising a main body member and a main cover membertherefor, a rouge compartment of smaller diameter than the main members,located substantially centrally within the main body member and havingits mouth within the space between the center opening of said annularcompact,

a cover for saidr cup, a rouge compact in said cup, a cover for saidcontainer, a mirror mounted in said cover, a powder puff intermediatethe powder compact and the mirror.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

oswALn J. CATHCART.

